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When the movie starts, she feels the presence of Charlie's arm on the back of her chair. Riley decides that there's really nothing wrong with this. Friends can do that right? Right.
For the entire movie, she stares at the back of the chair in front of her, trying to ignore what was happening on screen. She's kind of failing. By the end, she's trying to hide her nausea over all of the gore.
When they go to leave the theater Charlie looks at her funny. "Are you alright? You look really pale."
"I'm fine, just really tired." Riley doesn't know what else to say. They walk out to his car and he holds the door open for her again. She gets in and puts her face against the window. The cold window.
When they get to her house, he walks her to the door. "Well, I had fun tonight Riley. We should do this again sometime." Riley is practically queasy just thinking about watching another horror movie.
Instead of saying that, she plasters a smile on her face and says, "Yeah, why not." She opens the doors and walks inside, heading straight for bed. She barely has the energy to put on pajamas, and even then she only goes so far as putting on a shirt, not even bothering to look for pajama pants. It's a good thing her parents don't wake her up anymore.
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When she wakes up the next morning, she sits up and looks around, trying to figure out her pantsless state. Then she remembers he movie and the nausea begins to return. She gets up, throws on jeans and a navy sweatshirt and converse and walks outside for a walk and fresh air. Unfortunately for her, the only way to the park, where she was hoping to go to sit and read, is walking by Lucas' house. Also unfortunately for her, he is outside playing basketball with those other two.
When she walks by, looking at the sidewalk and avoiding any eye contact, Lucas calls out her name. She immediately turns on instinct but looks back down.
He runs over to her and says, "Do you want to play basketball or hang out or something with us?"
Riley, trying to end the conversation, picks up the basketball from his feet, shoots a three pointer perfectly, and says, "Wow that was a blast. Goodbye." She turns and walks away, ignoring the stunned looks on their faces.
Nice going Riles.